hoopoe
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Definition of hoopoe
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe.”
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Etymology
Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).
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